Bored and broke, Marlow quits retirement to search for a mole within MI6. It's springtime in Scotland, and an aging spy is tending to his bees. Smoke rises from his bellows as he looks in on the colony for the first time since winter. When his wife goes to check on him, the bellows are still smoking but her husband has disappeared. He may be dead, he may be kidnapped - or he may have gone over to the other side. To locate the missing beekeeper, the secret service turns to Peter Marlow, a veteran agent who is finding ...
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Bored and broke, Marlow quits retirement to search for a mole within MI6. It's springtime in Scotland, and an aging spy is tending to his bees. Smoke rises from his bellows as he looks in on the colony for the first time since winter. When his wife goes to check on him, the bellows are still smoking but her husband has disappeared. He may be dead, he may be kidnapped - or he may have gone over to the other side. To locate the missing beekeeper, the secret service turns to Peter Marlow, a veteran agent who is finding retirement no substitute for life in the field. He soon discovers a byzantine Russian conspiracy, of which the vanished spy is either the architect or the victim, operating deep within British intelligence. In the shadows of this secretive government agency, there are more pressing dangers than the sting of a frightened honeybee. The Oxford Gambit is the third book in the Peter Marlow Mystery series, which also includes The Sixth Directorate and The Valley of the Fox .
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Used-Acceptable. Fawcett Crest, August 1981, Mass Market, Acceptable Condition. A reading copy. Cover and text pages are all present and intact. Endpapers, half-title, etc. may be missing. Pages may have a great deal of highlighting, underlining, or notes.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Edges of spine slightly bumped. Shelf rubbing to dustwrapper Small tears on bottom edge of dustwrapper spine. Otherwise in nice condition. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine; Collectible. This is the softcover stated FAWCETT FIRST EDITION from AUGUST 1981. Both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc. ---and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find THRILLER COLLECTIBLE.
